High School Sports

Kristin Gross of Northampton, left, forces out Madison Grande of East Longmeadow on a hit from Mary Edwards Friday in Northampton.
JERREY ROBERTS

Northampton softball suffers another tough loss

Saturday, May 18, 2013

NORTHAMPTON — Northampton softball senior Mary Greco suffered her two most frustrating career losses in consecutive days this week. After falling at Longmeadow in the bottom of the seventh inning Thursday, the Blue Devils lost in extra innings to East Longmeadow 6-5 at home Friday. “They’ve been tough. They are good teams, but it’s still extremely frustrating,” the senior pitcher said. “We’ve come so far. My freshman year, we didn’t even make tournament and now here we are, we got into the tournament basically halfway through the season. I’m really proud of my team. I can’t say enough about them.” The Spartans (14-4) scored on … 0

Frontier Regional girls capture Division 2 track & field championship

Saturday, May 18, 2013

BUCKLAND — The Frontier Regional girls track & field team may have had a 107-meet winning streak snapped this season, but on Friday night the Red Hawks showed the rest of the District F & G Division 2 field that they are still a force to be reckoned with. The Red Hawks finished with more than twice as many points as their nearest … 0

Friday’s high school baseball: Easthampton rallies to keep postseason alive

Friday, May 17, 2013

The Easthampton baseball gave its postseason hopes a significant shot in the arm Friday as the Eagles came from behind to beat Athol 2-1 in eight innings at home. After Shy Torres and Zach Lewis were each hit by pitches with one out in the eighth, reliever Bradley Bousquet surrendered a walk-off RBI single by Chris Starcun down the right-field line. The win … 0